Raid in Mauritius, 1970’s
Special Mobile Force (SMF Police) posing with Cannabis Plants before destroying them in a bonfire in front of their Barracks at Vacoas, Port Louis, Mauritius (a little island off Madagascar’s coast) – 1970’s
Tag: bonfire
The Bonfire of the Leper’s
“The Fifth of November is Guy Fawkes’ Day in England. In peacetime it is celebrated with bonfires on the greens, fireworks in the parks and the carrying of “guys” through the streets. “Guys” are stuffed, straw figures of unpopular persons; Read More …
To Autumn, 1783
The San Francisco call, November 23, 1902 To Autumn O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain’d With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest, And tune thy jolly voice Read More …
Bonfire of Hashish Bricks
Bonfire of Hashish bricks being destroyed, Ghazni, Afghanistan
Hemp in Limbo
Youth of the Peace Corps Trainees Holding a Limbo Contest, August 29, 1966 Hemp in Limbo I thought with harvest season approaching and the Dep crews already started, some good old hemp games are needed for the first Read More …
Bonfire Material, 1948
Bonfire Material Los Angeles Times -Sept. 8, 1948 “Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Dwight Smith drags a load of marijuana from a roadside patch in Rosemead. The plants were later burned. A story in the next morning’s L.A. Times Read More …